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Four candidates are competing for two council seats in a town that once considered disincorporating when no one filed to run for office.

What started out as a race with no choices now has more candidates than any race on the November Spokane County ballot.

Transgender athletes, school safety and getting back to the trades were some of the major topics Spokane-area school board candidates addressed Thursday, less than a month away from Election Day.

The two Spokane Valley men running for a seat on the East Spokane Water District 1 Board of Commissioners do not have any major disagreements.

After 15 years of work, the Spokane Youth Sports Association is abandoning its proposal to build a sports complex on the Glenrose Prairie.

Two names are on the ballot for fire commissioner in Spokane County Fire District 9, but one candidate said he had second thoughts about the position after it was too late to remove his.

A retired special education teacher is running a "satirical campaign to basically out-Trump Trump" for a position on the Elk Cemetery commissioners board, challenging the community service-driven incumbent who helped her mom dig graves at the same cemetery when she was growing up.

Voters in Spokane this November will be faced with many decisions, but perhaps the biggest question will be whether they are willing to pay taxes to fund $440 million in sweeping projects at the city’s schools and parks.

The challenger in a race for Central Valley School Board seeks to end division in the community over what he characterizes as politically motivated actions that the incumbent defends.

Like so many things in life, the Cheney School District is experiencing the proverbial growing pains that come with expansion.

Two women are facing off for a chance to be on the Liberty Lake City Council: Arlene Fisher, who has worked in city government for decades, and Judie Schumacher, a retired Wells Fargo and Fortune 500 financial services employee.

The race for a Reardan-Edwall school board seat is a friendly contest between two district parents who agree either of them would be a good fit.

A new face will be joining the Millwood City Council following an incumbent’s decision to seek a higher office.

Two years after wildfire gutted the city, the Medical Lake City Council is seeking voter insight on the future of fireworks in the small town.

A race for Medical Lake City Council features two political newcomers, a U.S. Army veteran turned tradesman and a real estate professional who operates a children’s boutique.

When voters in the Cheney School District submitted their ballots a year ago, they signed off on a bond proposal that will shape their district for decades to come. The $72 million plan calls for a new elementary school in Airway Heights, which will help reduce overcrowding at Sunset Elementary and fund other infrastructure upgrades throughout the district.

Two well-known Medical Lake leaders are hoping to serve another four years as Medical Lake mayor – a familiar role for each of them.

An incumbent who’s been on the school board for the past 25 years and a first-time candidate  are  the choices voters have for a seat on the Riverside School Board .

Of the three elections for the Spokane City Council this year, the race to represent the southern district is the only one where both candidates are from the same party and have the most significant policy overlap.